Hose-rack.



W. MUGLINTOGK.

HOSE RACK.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN.26,1906.

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WILLIAM MCoLINToonjoF YORK; iv. Y@ l Hostal-RACK.

To all wiz/0m t mai/"concern: l. Be it known that I, WILLIAM MoCLiN'TooK,

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- secure other and Jfurther advantages/in;"the` New York city,v in the county andl St'ateof New York, vhave invented certain new l andv Auseful lmp roveinents in Hose Racks, of` Y which ythe following is a full, clear', and exact .1 specificationgreierence being had-to the ac` companying drawings.

f rlhis invention has relation to that variety The objectof my invention-is toprovide vor produce a'siinple'and efficient hose-rack of the character aboveindicated which shall be of few and simple parts, not liable to 'get out of order7 and from whichthe hose may be instantly and completely detaohed'without ldanger of becoming tangled and .upon which the hose may be easily, con'vcnientlyyand compactly located in position for subsequent use. Y f y A* To accomplish the foregoing object andto matters of construction operation, and use,

i my improvements involve a new and useful hose-rack and certain new andfuseful arrangements or combinations of parts ariel pe-` r"culiarities of constructionfas will be herein 'first iullydescribedV and then pointed out in` theclaims.

- In the accompanying drawings, forming part'ofthis'specification,`ligure l'is a view in elevation, showing .my improved vformv of lioseerac'k in position kready to .receive the hose.` Fig. ,.2 visa top. or plany view corre-y spending with Fig. 'l' and upon `a plane cutting through the stand-'pipe'` or support.

Fig. 3' is a verticalxsection an'delevation Ona plane through line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and looking inthe direction of the contiguous arrow,ltlie rack being shown in `full lines 'in 'horizontal position and in dotted Ilines swung vdownto unload or detach the hose. r f.

In all these iigures likeletters ofvreferenee,

l y y wherever` -they occur,` indicate corresporiding 'parte A is the main yarm orfoundation piece of the hoseerack. This arm vis made abunf dantly substantial, and itis .hinged upon va piece or part by which itis connected with l Y' Specicatiovnlof Letters Patent. d Application mea January 25, i906. serial No. 297,889.

width ofthefhose when flattened out.

`roolGr is hinged upon bar A in any conven .Patented Feb. 19.1907.

whatever that may be.

the'rsitanld-pipe or other form lof support).

i B representsa water-supply'pipe. or kstand-` l pipe, lsuch asis usuallyjfo'und inbuildings andetlier structurefs'for service in case'or1 fire;l v

a hose-rack,` although any'othe'r support may y be 'utilized'. The pipe B is supplied with' any suitable form' of val-ve, (represented l at 0,)y .which receives the l coupling orv a length 'ol' `iirel-hoseatthe part represented at D.

and this forms'avery vconvenient support for In these water-supplyv systems the hose isusu "ally coupled :up ready foruse, thelength-oi .l di

yhosethen.being neatly-and compactly-folded or otherwise d isposed'soasto occupy little room, tobe dismounted or detached from the vraelrand made' readyior use by carryingr l it valong tov the properpoint and opening the valve which lets the water lintothe hose.

. and F are twosectionsof a clampsuitablefor application to the supply-pipe,'these raround thep'i'pe, vas by bolts av a. In case the spondinglymodified; The part E of. the clamp when properly-secured .in place con- .raok sjtfo be sustainedfrom any other fixed' I support then4 the .Clamp Should be .Conga v I sti'tutes a substantial `bracketjor sustaining the bar A, therackmounted thereon, and

ythe weight ofhose which may be located -on the rack. The bar Afis hinged to the vsupporting-bracket, as by a hinge-bolt b, so that .thebar and the rack may be turned as may be required to locate the 'device in the most desirable positi0n-as,1for instance"` against a walljor partition-fand so thatv the rack may be easilyswu'ng tod'eliver the hose as may be required.

Timmer' ef steif for Sustaining uw.. ilsis i hinged in place uponthe bar A,so` that it may bepermitted to turn down rom'its horizonv tal position. and' so that the shelfv or rack', f

when the hose is not fin place thereoninay be 'turned' up,` ii'sodesire'd. I The rack or shelf is made up of along bar or rodG, on which-are rigidly aliXed a series of short bars or rods c c.,- projectingatrightfangles to the iirst named bar,` the latter parts "being of length x aboutequal to or. a littlegreat'erthan the ient manner;V yBy preference I supply "the The` lbar Aiwith lugs G G,1Which are. utilized to receive the ends of rod'G. The short rods `being arranged to befiirmly bolted together or bars yc are ofnu'rnber ,correspondingto the l -c numberv of loops or folds 1in which it'rnay be desired to arrangev thelhose. ,l l/Vhen'in posi tion for use, the bars care sustained 1n a sub- -stantially horizontal position, and upon thorn-z the hose is looped'or folded, if so required.

v Any convenient forinof lock or latch may y be employed to sustain the rackin horizontal position. In'jthe forni shown I ernploy a hinged latch, (represented at`H,) the saine being hinged upon the bar A bya hinge-bolt ,d passing .through suitable'lugs on the bar, the latchjbe'ingarranged to swingunder one i of the k'bars c, andlthus to sustainA tliejentire rack wheny in place, as will be apparenti By lnakingtheylatch curved, as kvshown in full 1 line/S inFig. l2'1t affords aconvenient seat for receiving the hose-nozzle which then prof jectsf'downthrough the openportion of fthey Vvlatch'. 'lhe-"nozzle"then will loperateas' convenientlever.. for moving the A latch to re-v `lease vthe rack. The latch may be inade y,as i indicatedv by the dotted lines inFig.` 2 or Ain other desired forrnand ,moved without refy ference to the hose-nozzle, thelatter i,)eingl ,rested upon the ltop of the hose or otherwise,

as may be preferred; To prevent accidental inov'enientof the latch, it niay be provided with a slight'ledge, as at e, ,which willprevlent iti-reni being withdrawn from under theaddegree.

looping orfolding the hose upon each one of thebars c it may. be located upon'the top of f the rack, as', upon anordinary shelf, ffroni which it will be dumped when the ,rack is permitted toswing down, the salme as before explained.V Thus., the device' is adapted lto receive the hose in either manner preferred.

l The rackinay be made' of:` any desired length,

soy as to. accommodate any desired length ,of hose. yAfter the hose has beendi'slodged from the rack the rack has only to beswung upto `its nhorizontal position and latched'. Then the hose may be appliedover the ends of the projecting short bars,whichfarey rigidly held byvreason of their-rigid lconnection with the 'hinged barv of theshelf. j' f Being constructed.l and arranged substantially inaccoidafnce with the foregoing ex planation, ,the improved rack will vberfound toy answer all the purposes or vobjects of the inventionhereinbefore set forth'.

- Having now fully'described'lny invention, 'y what I clairn as new-here1n,and desire'toyseav cure by Letters Patent, is-a l'.A In a hose-rack, the coinbination with a v hinged supporting-bar, yofr a shelf)y composed Q of a bar hinged at its ends and having aY seriesl i of'short bars rigidly connected therewith, f. and a latchhingedupon the supportingfbar y fory sustaining the-shelf `in horizontal` position, said shelf being'arrangedfto svs'fingdown.;y

and deliver the hosewhen the `sust.dining-.f` g ,t latch'is withdrawn, substantially as and for f the purposes set forth. f

2.7;In a hose-rack,the -conibinationwith tne supporting-barvhlnged' as explained, ofaj,

shelf hinged at its ends upon said hinged bar,j

the purposes set forth.

i In' a'hose-rack,"the coinbinationwith the supporting-bar, of ahi-ngedshelf mountsI ed upon said bar, saidshelfbeingcomposed t ofi'a bar hingedV at itswends andaseriesfof v short bars projecting therefrom rigidly r connected therewith, and latch hinged upon `the supporting-bar for sustainingsaid'` shelf;

in horizontal position by contact with one'lofl and comprising a seriesof 'ripgidb'f-connecte'd`` p, f y, shortbars,and a latch hinged uponthe sup-,kl I

porting-barjand engaging one jofk the short bars for sustaining the said hinged shelf lin ,y vhorizontal"position, substantially asandifor y the saidshort bars, substantially as 'andfor'f the purposes set forth.v i f4. a

tosustain and release the hinged shelf, substantially in the `rnanner. and for lthe pur-"1 n i y poses set forth, i

` -5'. The herein-desdribedv 'hose-rack) .prising 'a clanip, a sustaining-banhinged;

thereon, a shelf hinged v'upon `the 'fsu'stainingf barpsaid shelfbeing coniposed ofaybaror rod lf and short rods proJecting therefrom and rigf u idly connected therewith, a latch hinged upon the sustaining-bar and .arranged to 7 sustain hoserrack, the `coinbinationlyf the hingedshelf composed of a bar and a vnuniber of short bars projecting ktherefrom. and rigidlyL connected therewithlniounted vupon a supporting-bar,and 'acurved hinged f latch also mounted upon *the supporting-'bar kand arranged'to receive the'ho'se-nozzle andA the shelf yby ycontact. withrvjoiie ofthe rigid short bars thereof' andpto receive' the hosef'` f nozzle, the parts belng arranged; for operas` x tion substantially-as set forth...

11n testimony whereof Ihavefsigned .inyf' naine to'- this specification in 'the presencefof `two subscribing witnesses.A i i j L WlLLIAM ''ircoLrNrooK;."A

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